英语美文朗读 第508期 You could be rich，man
You could be rich, man. But you cannot erase the work ethic part. There is no getting around, ain't no elevator to the top. You got to take the stairs. The elevator don't go to the top, man. Not in the world of success. You gotta take the stairs. Y'all gotta start getting gritty, man. Somebody taught this to me a long time ago, he said Steve, in order to get to the life of your dreams, you're gonna have to learn how to get comfortable being uncomfortable.
朋友，你能变得很富有。但是你不能忽略职业精神这个东西。你不能逃避困难，你也不能一步登天，你必须脚踏实地地努力。一步登天是不可能的，起码在成功人的世界里是这样的。你必须一步一个脚印地努力。朋友，你必须学会坚强。很久以前，有人教会我一个道理。他说，Steve，为了实现梦想，你必须学会适应不舒适的感觉。
When you hear people say all the time, I don't wanna do nothing that I'm not comfortable with. This person's in trouble. Because whatever your comfort zone is, if you stay in your comfort zone, that's where you'll fail. If your comfort zone is this big and you stay in your comfort zone, that's where you'll fail. In order to succeed in life, you have to step outside of your comfort zone. But I wanna tell you something about yourself. All of you are equipped to live outside of your comfort zone.
如果你听见有人总是在说，我不想做那些令我感到不适的事情，那么，这个人会遇到麻烦。因为，无论你的舒适区是什么，只要你待在舒适区里，那么你就会失败。如果你的舒适区就这么一点大，你待在里面不出来，那么你输定了。在人生中，为了取得成功，你必须走出舒适区。但是，我想告诉你一些跟你有关的事情。那就是，你们每个人，都有能力在舒适区外生活。
See, a lot of people are afraid to jump. A lot of people are afraid to take chances. A lot of people are afraid to put things up for risk. And you shouldn't be. Now, you can be afraid, but you should learn how to go ahead anyhow. See, because, let me show you something about yourself. For all the bad days you've ever had, for every day that you thought you wasn't gonna get through, for every period in your life you did not see no way you could come out on the other side, your track record for surviving them bad days, is 100%. You have survived every single one of them. Your track record for surviving bad days, y'all, is 100%. And that's pretty good.
你们看，很多人不敢纵身一跃，很多人不敢冒险，很多人不敢赌上自己拥有的东西，但是你不应该是这样的。现在，你可能会感到害怕，但是无论如何你必须学会往前走。为什么这样说呢?那就让我告诉你一些跟你有关的事吧。那些最糟糕的日子，每一个你认为你自己熬不过的日子，人生中每一个你认为绝对找不到出路的时期，你全部都熬过来了。全部，都熬过来了，都熬过来了。这是一件很棒的事。
You can't name one bad day you ain't got through. I have a life of convenience now, but in order to get the life of convenience, you gotta have a very uncomfortable life. You got to get comfortable being uncomfortable. Stop trying to do everything the short way. Stop trying to figure out the easy way. You got to, you got to get messed up sometimes. You gotta get dirty. You gotta get your feelings hurt. You gotta get disappointed. You gotta get told no. You gotta ask somebody for some money. He gotta tell you no. But show me something that has grown into something beautiful that didn't have no dirt on it.
你根本找不到自己有哪天是没能熬过去的。现在我拥有很便利的生活，但是为了得到这样的生活，你必须要有过很令人难受的经历，你必须学会适应不舒适的感觉。不要总是想着走捷径来做事，不要总想着偷懒。有时候，你会遇到什么都一团糟的状况，你会把自己搞得很狼狈，你的心灵会受到伤害，你会感到很失望，你会被拒绝，你会被迫向人借钱然后被拒绝。但是，请你告诉我，有没有这样一个东西，它从来没有经历过任何磨难，但是却变成了最美好的事物?
You take a seed and throw it on the concrete. Don't put no dirt on it and watch what happens. See, you get tripped out 'cause you got dirt on you, but you need dirt on you to develop. Because dirt ain't just dirt. Dirt is fertilizer. Dirt is nutrients. Dirt gives you the strength for your seed to push through, so you gotta have dirt on you to push through something. Everything you see is beautiful starts out as a seed, but that seed got to get dirt on it.
你试试，拿一颗种子，然后把它扔到水泥地上，不要往它身上盖泥土把它弄脏，然后静观其变。你看，正是因为身上有泥土，所以它才被困住，但是正因为有了泥土，它才能成长。因为，泥土不仅仅是泥土而已，它还是肥料，是营养。它让你的种子拥有力量，破土而出。所以，如果你想渡过难关，那么你必须经历灰头土脸的时期。你所见的每个美好的事物，最初都只是一颗不起眼的种子，但是那颗种子获得了泥土。
So you get mad when haters come your way. You get mad 'cause you get a setback. You get mad 'cause you get thrown off course. You get mad 'cause you get a detour. That's just dirt. You get mad 'cause they talking about you. That's dirt. You get mad 'cause you lost your momma. That's dirt. I want you to think about all them bad moments you had that looked like you weren’t gonna make it. And then I want you to ask yourself, well why did I make it? Just change your mindset. If you change your attitude you change your altitude.
所以，当恨你的人阻碍你前行的时候，你会生气。当你遇到挫折的时候，你会生气。当你走错路的时候，你会生气。你不得不绕道而行的时候，你会生气。这些都是泥土，会把你弄脏。因为有人在谈论你，所以你生气，这就是泥土。你失去了母亲，你为此感到很生气，这就是泥土。我想要你回顾一下那些糟糕的时刻，那些看起来你无法度过的难关。然后，我想要你问自己，为什么你成功做到了?改变你的思维吧。改变态度，才能改变高度。
